Corner-post for cabinets and other furniture and the process or method of manufacturing same.



S. E. OVERTON. CORNER POST FOR CABINETS AND OTHER FURNITURE AND THE PROCESS 0R METHOD 0F.

MANUFACTURENG SAME.

APPLlcAloN min JAN. 26. 1916.

Patented Jan. 9, 1917.

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STATES ATFNT FFI@e SAMUEL E. OVERTON, or soU'rH HAVEN, MICHIGAN.

CORNER-POST FOR CBINETS AND OTHER FURNITURE AN D TI-IE FROCESS OR METHOD 0F IVIANUFACTURING SAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 9, 19M'.

Application led January 26, 1916. Serial No. 74,376.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, SAMUEL E. OVERTON, a

citizen of the- United States, residing at South I-Iaven, Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corner-Posts for Cabinets and other Furniture and the Processes or Methods of Manni-'acturing Same, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in corner posts for cabinets and theprocess or method of manufacturing the same'.V

The objects ofthe invention are, first, to provide such a corner post or structure with carving in which all the parts of the carving are well defined. Second, to provide such a corner post of simple construction provided withy comparatively elaborate carvings. Third, to provide an improved leg structure for such a corner post and to provide an improved process of manufacturing and producing the same.

Further objects and objects relating to details and economies of construction will denitely appear from the detailed description to follow.

I*accomplish the objects of my invention by the devices and means described in the Jfollowing specification.

The invention is clearly defined and pointed out in the claims.

A structure constituting a preferred embodiment of my invention with certain moditications is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which:

Figure I is a perspective view of a music cabinet provided with talking machine, embodying the features of my invention in its corner posts. Fig. II is a detail perspective view of a portion or section of the corner post. Fig. III is a detail perspective view of the roughed-out blank forming a part of the leg. Fig. IV is a detail view of the blank after it has been carved. Fig. V is a detail view of the completed leg at the bottom of the post, showing the blending of the carving with the bottom end of the post to form the iinished carved leg. Fig. VI is a detail transverse sectional view taken on a line corresponding to line 6 6 of Fig. III,

showing the contour of the joint parts. Fig.

VII is a detail sectional view taken on a line corresponding to line 7 7 of Figs. I and V, showing the cross section of the completed leg structure. Fig. VIII is a detail perspective view of the blank for a carved ornament on the body portion of the leg. Fig. IX is a det-ail perspective view of the blank partially carved, Fig. X shows the complete ornament. Fig. XI is a sectional view taken on a line corresponding to line ll-ll of Fig. VIII, showing the relative contour of the post and the blank for the carved ornament. Fig. XII is a detail sectional view taken on a line corresponding to line 12l2 of Fig. X, showing the contour and the relations of the completed parts.

In the drawings similar numerals of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views, and the sectional views are taken looking in the direction of the little arrows at the ends of the section lines.

Considering the numbered parts of the drawings, the cabinet 1 is provided with my improved corner posts 2. These corner posts are cut in the form of a straight molding at the outer corner, as indicated, with a carved surface yof the required ornamental design for the 'body of the post. A suitable ornamental carved capital l0 is at the top and the bottom is iinished in an appropriate leg 5. The leg is formed by rough sawing a blank 3, as indicated in Fig. III, on which a suitable pattern for the carving is laid out, and the blank is carved to form the outer portion 4 of the leg, as seen in Fig. IV. This is then applied to the bottom of the post 2, the blank having been cut to conform to the molding, as seen in Fig. VI, and the parts thus glued together are completely carved to form the leg 5, as seen in Figs. I and V, the back portions 6 of the leg being carved at the final operation after the outer portion 4lof the leg has been completely carved, as indicated in Fig. IV. This simplifies the production of the leg. enables the workman to produce substantially the complete carved leg without the necessity of handling the entire corner post, which is of considerable weight and awkward to handle, the back portion at 6 being very readily tinished without very much manipulation. The carved ornaments` as 9. and the capital ornament 10 are produced in the same wav. and I will describe the production of the simpler ornament 9 as characteristic of the two. A blank 7 is rough sawed (see Fig. VIII) and the back is conformed to the curved portion of the post 2, as seen in Fig. Xl. 'Ihis blank CII is then carved, as seen at 8 in Fig. IX, and then the process is complete, as seen at 9 in Fig. X, and also in the reduced form at 9 in Fig. I. The small ornament or capital is very readily handled by the workman and completed and artistically carved much more quickly than could be done if carved in position on the post, and by conforming the main shaft of the post to a pleasing design in the form of a straight molding, these parts can be applied and a perfect carving is thus secured with the minimum of labor and of very superior finish.

I desire to state that the designs that I have here shown are conventional and that a great variety of designs can be treated in precisely the manner that I have treated the design here illustrated. I desire to claim the structure broadly, as well as the specific form, and also to claim the process or method by which it is produced, in view of the great economy of labor and material.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. An ornamental corner post for cabinets, comprising a straight shaft portion 2, with a straight molding formed thereon, ornaments, the backs of which are exactly conformed to the molding of said corner post,

and the outer portions suitably carved, and -a leg, the outer portion of which is made up of a suitably carved ornamental portion and the rear portion of which is made up of the carved lower portion of the post blended gigli the carving of the ornament, as speci- 2. An ornamental corner post for cabinets, comprising a straight shaft portion 2, with a straight molding formed thereon, and a leg, the outer portion of which is made up of a suitably carved ornamental portion and the rear portion of which is made up of the carved lower portiony of the post blended yyih the carving of the ornament, as speci- 3. The process of forming a corner post and leg for cabinets consisting in forming a straight molding at the outer portion of said post, conforming a separate outer portion for the leg to the lower endv of said post, carving the outer surface of the same,"joint ing it to the said leg, and carving and iin ishing the innerV portion of the completed leg to blend it ywith the said outer ornamental portion, as specified.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two witnesses.

sAMUEL n. ovERToN. [1.. 3.]

VWitnesses:

LUELLAG. GREENFIELD, Y MARGARET L. GLASGOW.

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